Grip-truck.



J. G. WHITESIDB.

GMP TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. |913.

Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

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GRIP TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8, 1013.

Patented Aug. 4, 1914 2 SHEETB-BHEET 2.

A Q7 lullin/1111111111111.wmv/10111101 uq/1101 @uve/nmz 6MM/immuno THE NORRIS FETE-"RS CQ, PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. Dy C lrrnn srarns PATENT JAMES GJ `VifH31'EIEISIILEL OFIYOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

i i GRIP-TRUCK.

To all wlw/m. t may concern Be it known that LJAMES G. VViirrnsiDn, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Qhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in `Grifip-'frucka of which the l-ollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to the general subject of hand baggage and more particularly to that class of valises or cases employed by` traveling salesmen for carrying and exhibiting samples of goods. Ordinarily, the trav* `cling salesmans case or valise is large, cumi bersome, and heavy, and the carrying and transporting ot `saine from place` to placeis attended with `considerable physical effort and discomfort, besides usually requiring the salesman` to have his case handled as baggage in the baggage `car with all the at-` providing the baggage with means whereby it can be conveniently and easily transported `from point to point without the weight thereof being carried. That `is to say, according to the present invention, it is prol posed to equip a traveling salesmans case or valise with a transporting truck in such a `manner that during transit on trains or care,

the truckmay be entirely concealed within and housed by the case, so that the latter can be carried as ordinary hand baggage `with the traveler. This obviates the requirement of all wheeled objects being carried in the baggage car. At the same time, the parts of the invention are so associated and combined that the mere act of loosening the strap or other fastening` for `the case, permits the cover part to be lifted sufliciently to expose the wheels of the triickfor travel upon the ground or floor, thereby enabling the salesman to simply roll the case o-n its wheels.`

wWith thel above and other objects in view which will more readilyappear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, corn-` bination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed.

A preferred and practical embodiment of Specification of Letters, Patent.

i Application filed November 8, 1913.` Serial No. 799,929.

raten-tearing. fi, 1914..

the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which- Figurel is a perspective view oi a case constructed according to the present invention with the wheel base concealed. Fig. 2 is `a side elevation of the construction shown in Fig` l with the cover raised and the wheeled base exposed. Fig. 3 is a vertical `sectional view ot' the invention as shown in Fig. f2. Fig. eL. isla. horizontal sectional View ofthe invention as `shown in Fig. l.

Similar reference characters designate corresponding partsthroughout the seve 'al iig- `uros of the drawings.

The invention is illustrated in the acconr` panying drawings in connection with a telescope,7 or that type of handbaggage `wherein the body of the case is provided lwith a cover section that telescopes thereon.

However, itwill be understood that other types otluggage may be adapted to the present idea without departure from the inven-tion.`

Referring to theA details of the illustrated embodiment, thennmeral l `designates the body part of the ease, which of suitable `construction and providcdwith the interior compartment 2in1* the storing of articles or samples. In accordance with the obJect of the invention to obviate the carrying of the weight of the packed case, the case body l is mounted on a wheeled truck or base, designated in its entirety by the numeral 8.

The body portion L.lof the truck 3 is pref-- erably coextensive with the bottom ot' the casebody 1, and may be provided with a top recess forming a storage chamber 5 for arti-4 cles orsamples in addition to those carried in the main compartment of the case body.

is greater than the depth of thesaid case` body. Therefore, it `will be obvious `that when the top of the cover sectionrests upon i Each end of the said body l of the truck is .j H `1,105,943A

i the top edge of the-case body or Whenthe l vcover is in its lowered position, the lowerl sides `and ends thereof will extendbelow the bottom of the case body and forma shield. or skirt 10 which will 'entirely' surround and form a housing which -will conceal the wheeled truck 3.. Further, in connection' with the Askirt portion 10 of the cover it will.; be noted that the same is prolO vided in its sides with the clearancel notches 11 which permit the straps 12 or other equivalent extensible members that engage with the cover to enter the strap guides 13 iixed to the underside ofthe truck body 4L.

15 Though the drawings show two straps forl `comiecting the "cover'and truck, it will be fullyv understood kthat a single strap properly located will. as effectively serve all, ofk

the purposes" land functions ofv the two. Thus, it will be apparentthat when the'straps 12 aredrawn tight the cover section is in its flowered positionv and the bodyfof the case and the wheeled truck are held `within the same so that the truck' is entirely v'concealedwithin the skirt 10y and the entire case maybe lifted by the handle 14 onthe top of the cover section withouty danger of the truck beingseen. The invention in this conditionis clearly illustrated lin Fig. 1 of v the drawing. It is while in the closedpoL sition just referred to, and shown in F ig.l 1, that the case may be carried on the coaches wheeled objects are objected to and it is v theonly time thatthe weight of lthe case' need be carried by the traveler. At other times when a kcase would ordinarily be carkried alongthe walk or floor, ritis only necessary `to loosen the straps 12so that the cover 4o section 9 may be lifted suiiiciently to expose the wheeled truck' so thatj it can roll upon the `ground and thereby enable' thetraveler to push or pull the case along in the condi- [tion shown inFig. 2. In this connection, it

will also be noted that when the cover section is raised, the skirt 10, formed by the exten'-v sion of the side and end wallsof the cover section7 7will prevent the wheeled truck 8 from becoming longitudinally displaced from the bottom of the case member 1, be

causethe said truck is preferably coextensive with the bottom of the body-of the case,

and the sides of the skirt will engage the c truck and carry it along with anything supported thereby. vThe pull on the cover which is necessary'to maintain theskirt ina raised i l vposition willdraw the straps 12 taut so that vthetrucl; is held'to-the base. l

: ment, a cover section adapted to telescope .with va lcase body carried by said trucland extended to project below the bottom of said case body to form a concealing skirt portion o ,pose the wheeled truck.` x

From the foregoing description, ity will be apparent that a novel method of transporting baggage has been devised, and one thaty is V'of special utilityv in connection with sample cases,. though susceptible of minor changes which will render the invention ap plicable toa'largevariety of types of hand e5 baggage. f

I claim:

1. An article of baggage comprising Aa wheeled truck, a case seated on the truck and including a cover section having a skirt-portion adapted to extend over and conceal the truck, and yextensible `means for .clamping :wheeled truck, a case mounted upon said/j" *truclna telescoping cover section for the case formed with askirtportion adapted to extend and project ybelow the bottom ofsaid case and 'form ahousing for the truck, and `means for clamping the ."truck, case, and'80,

jcovertogether. V`

3. An article of baggage comprising a wheeled truck7 "al case -mounted upon said f truck, avtelescoping'cover section for the case t formed with a slirtportion adaptedto ex- 1 itend and lproject below' the bottom of said case and form a housingfor the truck, and

flexible extensible means for connecting the trucl, case and C Over so that the cover sec-y jtion may be rraised to expose said truck. .y of .railway trains and other places where 4. An article of baggage comprising a wheeled truck `having a storage' compartiment, a cover section adapted to telescope 'with the case body carried bythe truck and extended to form the concealing skirt about said truck, and extensible means for connecting the cover and truck so that the for-v mer may beraised to expose the truck.

5. .An article of baggage comprising a' wheeled truck having fa storage'compart for the truck, said skirt portion being pro,-V

vided with clearance notches, and flexible ex`r tensilole means for connecting the cover and truck so that thecover may be raised to `ex-l In testimony vwhereof I hereunto atlixny signature int-he presence of two witnesses.'

'JAM'ESFQ WI-IITESIDE.

Witnesses :y l i AGNES A. JOHNSTON, EDWARD E. 'MILLERk V vCopies of this 'patentmay be obtained for `ve cents each, by addressing the Sommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

